IMI Diploma in Strategy & Innovation

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Programme:

For a successful manager the capacity to understand and be able to influence the strategy process is an essential requirement for career development.

This is particularly the case today when organisations are facing the most uncertain times in a generation. A critical element in any successful strategy is the capability to make innovation a key management process. By completing the IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation, you will be equipped to play a key role in developing and executing a strategy and innovation process that is very relevant to both the success of your organisation and to your own career. You will learn the skills to lead, influence and participate in the strategic success of your organisation.

Who This Programme Is For

This programme is suitable for a wide range of participants with a common ambition to play a leading role in developing and implementing strategy and innovation in their organisation. The programme is designed for participants that work both in the private and the public sectors and for all sizes of
organisations.

Duration: 18 Days

Location: IMI Campus

Next Programme: 24.03.2015

Modules: 6

IMI Member

SME

Non-IMI Member

Programme Fee

€7,990

€8,990

€9,990

Next programme start dates: 24, 25, 26 March 2015

Module 1; 24, 25, 26 March 2015

Module 2: 28, 29, 30 April 2015

Module 3: 26, 27, 28 May 2015

Module 4: 23, 24, 25 June 2015

Module 5: 25, 26, 27 August 2015

Module 6: 29, 30 September & 01 October 2015

Programme Impact

By attending the IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation you will:

Write a strategy audit for your business or organisation that is both practical and informed

Be capable of undertaking a key role in the strategy and innovation process

Acquire a toolkit to evaluate and address the strategic challenges facing your organisation

Be capable of undertaking a key role in the strategy process

Be able to make strategic sense of the global and domestic business environment

Network with experienced participants from leading Irish and international organisations

Meet leading experts, faculty and practitioners in the strategy process

Programme Content

MODULE 01 - The External Environment

Making sense of the global and domestic environment

Defining the Business Model

Understanding the Innovation challenge

MODULE 02 - Competitive Environment

What is the competitive position?

What are the key resources and capabilities?

How to sustain competitive advantage?

Create strategic scenarios

MODULE 03 - Creating Strategic Value

Ensuring that the capabilities fit the strategic challenge

Innovation creativity

What is public value?

MODULE 04 - Strategy Choices

Creating differentiation

Market entry

Finance and M&A options

MODULE 05 - Business Model Innovation

Blue Ocean

Value Propositions

Creating a strategic culture

MODULE 06 - Strategy Execution and Implementation

Measuring Performance

Strategy Mapping

Innovation as a process

Programme Features

Practical Assessment

A key part of your assessment is an informed and practical strategy audit of your business unit or organisation that will provide real insight and value.

Action Learning

IMIs teaching methods feature intensively practical classroom exercises and accelerate the transfer of learning back to the workplace.

Visiting Speakers

Each month a senior manager with practical experience in strategy and innovation will visit the programme to share their knowledge and expertise. This will give you the opportunity to ask questions and debate with managers confronting real strategic challenges.

Case Analysis

Real-life case studies relating to major programme themes will be regularly analysed in class. These will include analysis of strategic and innovative challenges from a variety of Irish and multinational contexts, bringing live issues to the fore in robust classroom debate.

Accreditation

Successful participants will be awarded the IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation. This qualification is accredited and awarded by University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork. It is academically equivalent to a Postgraduate Certificate (Level 9) Minor Award on the National Framework of Qualifications.

Class Diversity & Networking

The Diploma in Strategy and Innovation attracts a uniquely diverse cohort of experienced managers from a wide range of industries and backgrounds who are intently focused on broadening their knowledge and developing their skills. Throughout the year you will work closely with your You will leave the programme with a valuable network of business contacts and friends.

Unique Faculty

IMI faculty have a unique blend of academic qualifications and real world business acumen. This combines with their unrivaled business experience working with practicing managers to create a truly dynamic classroom experience.

Participant Testimonials

The Diploma in Strategy & Innovation allowed me to step outside my business and my own frame of reference to look at our challenges in a completely new light. The calibre of speakers and classmates alike was a constant source of inspiration and provided new perspectives on macro and micro issues  while strategy can sometimes sound like an abstract field, the course equips you with practical tools to apply it to any business. While I undertook the course to improve my strategic advice to clients, the primary benefit has actually been a new blueprint for growth for my own business.
Niall Dowling, Strategic Director
Atomic

The IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation provided me with the opportunity to review the companys strategy and direction in an objective manner and it equipped me with the skills to address the most pertinent issues in my own organisation. The course content was highly relevant for inspiring innovative opportunities and also in formulating a clear strategy map. The interactive nature of the course enabled constructive discussions with both tutors and other course participants and has provided a network of professionals with whom I can share ideas. Overall, a very enjoyable, enlightening and worthwhile course for anyone involved in innovation or strategy formulation.
Marian Roberts, General Manager
Conductix-Wampfler Ltd

The diversity of peoples industries, the breadth of their business challenges as well as the overall IMI Diploma structure added a valuable dimension to my IMI experience which a distance learning course could not have provided. One of the key deliverables of the IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation is a strategic audit on my own business. Getting expert guidance and advice on our audits during the process means that I left the IMI with a realistic plan on where my companys next steps could be. I cant think of another course where my career and company could have benefited to the same extent while delivering a unique learning and networking experience with like-minded peers. The number of people who return to do a second Diploma is testimony enough.
Sarah Jane Hannon
Senior Product Manager APC by Schneider Electric

The course was great and it has provided me with a different lens to look at my organisation with and very practical frameworks and tools for applying in practice. It has the perfect mix of theory, concepts and applied tools throughout.
Teresa Maguire, Head of Population Health Sciences
Health Research Board

The IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation is a well thought-out programme that delivers really practical outcomes. Most importantly, it provides you with tools that you can actually implement and apply in the workplace.
Robin Verhagen, Regional Sales Manager
BHT Group Ltd

The IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation is a course I would recommend without hesitation, for three key reasons. Firstly, the faculty and course content are outstanding. Secondly, your classmates come from a variety of business environments and backgrounds making for some really interesting and illuminating discussions and opinions. Finally, the models, case studies and tools that you examine on the course are ones that you can apply in a practical and meaningful way to your organisation. All three combined to form an extremely powerful learning experience, the benefits of which I intend to use for many years to come.
Joe Charles, Marketing Manager
Caledonian Life

Payment Options

For 2014, the IMI offers promotional rates and innovative payment options that make our programmes more accessible than ever.

IMI prices are inclusive of teaching materials, meals and parking at the IMI Campus. These prices are only guaranteed for the 2014 intake of IMI Diplomas. We offer all our Diploma participants a 10% discount on double rooms at the IMI National Management Centre.

Organisations that purchase several IMI Diploma places in any calendar year may be eligible for MoB Corporate Partnership. By becoming an MoB Corporate Partner, your organisation can avail of considerable additional price discounts and other benefits. For more information on IMI pricing, financing options and MoB Corporate Partnership, contact the team at 1800 22 33 88 or email programmeadvisors@imi.ie.

Monthly Payments

Pay for your IMI Diploma by monthly payments spread over the duration of the programme. There is no interest charged for choosing this payment option. Terms and conditions apply.

IMI Staged Payments

Pay for 60% of your course in advance of its commencement and pay the 40% balance by January 13th 2015. There is no interest charged for choosing this payment option. Terms and conditions apply.

Loan Packages

Short term loan packages are now available to facilitate payment for MoB programmes. Eligibility for these loans will be determined by our financial partner.

Tax Relief on Tuition Fees

If you are paying for your tuition fees yourself, it is now possible to apply to the Revenue Commissioners for tax relief for this IMI programme. The amount of relief available varies from person to person, and may be as high as 1,400. Tax relief is allowable per programme, per participant, per academic year. Relief will not be available for any part of tuition fees which are met directly, or indirectly, by grants, scholarships, employer payments etc. Please see www.revenue.ie for further information on how to apply for this relief. All decisions on individual tax relief requests are subject to the discretion of the Revenue Commissioners.

For more information on IMI pricing, financing options and MoB Corporate Partnership
contact the team at 1800 22 33 88 or email programmeadvisors@imi.ie.

Just 3 Steps to a Master of Business

The Master of Business is based around a framework of eleven IMI Diploma Programmes.

By completing any two IMI Diplomas and a Business Research Project within a five year timeframe, you will earn 90 credits (the national standard for a Masters Qualification) and will be conferred the title Master of Business. The Master of Business and its constituent IMI Diplomas are accredited and awarded by University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork.

How does it work?

Step 1: Successfully complete any one of the suite of eleven IMI Diploma programmes.

Step 2: Successfully complete a second IMI Diploma of your choosing.*

Step 3: Successfully complete the IMI Business Research Project.

…And youre there!

Timeframe

A key feature of the Master of Business (MoB) is its flexible timeframe, which allows you to tailor your participation around work/life demands. Whereas each of the three MoB steps takes approximately six months to complete, you have a five year window within which to complete all three steps and attain the MoB.

Therefore, depending on your preference, you can complete the MoB in two years, or within up to five years.

The MoB philosophy

Unlike traditional MBAs and Business Masters, the IMIs MoB is driven by an intensely practical, action learning philosophy. Throughout the MoB, classroom learning is applied to real-life business challenges via exercises, group work, case studies and projects that centre on both your day-to-day work and the challenges currently facing your organisation. Both you and your organisation will derive genuine real-world benefit from your participation.

Who is eligible?

If you have earned a Level 9 award from another academic institution, or if you completed an IMI Diploma since October 2008, you may be considered eligible to proceed directly to the second stage of the MoB.

Successful participants will be awarded the IMI Diploma in Strategy & Innovation. This qualification is accredited and awarded by University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork. The IMI Diploma in Strategy & Innovation is academically equivalent to a Postgraduate Certificate (Level 9) Minor Award on the National Framework of Qualifications.

By completing this award, you will also earn one-third of the credits required to be awarded the IMI Master of Business qualification.